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Middle Ground

Chronic Pain, Endometriosis, Family, Featured, Garden, Life, Moments, Nature, StoriesMay 10, 201969Views 0Likes 0Comments

The first time I visited Eden Garden State ParkI didn't know it would become my middle ground.I didn’t know that after each blood work, medical scrutiny, and procedureI would be leaving my doctor’s appointment wearing a cloak of sorrow. I didn’t know I would be catapulted from one extreme to the next:from the softness of…

Beauty in the Grit

Featured, Garden, Life, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Moments, Nature, StoriesMay 6, 201990Views 0Likes 9Comments

My Easter Lilies are blooming— TWO weeks after Easter. They are “late” but “on time” Each one renouncing the calendar using their own internal time-recorder to open their white lips and slowly reveal its inside.Easter Lilies are beautiful, But they stink And here, as in life, lies the challenge: finding the balance— The beauty in grit .Their stench and their beauty won’t last. In a matter…

The Amazon-Garden

Children, Education, Family, Featured, Food, Garden, Life, Marriage, Moments, Nature, StoriesApril 10, 201968Views 0Likes 1Comment

When we moved into our beach townhouse two years ago, the backyard was a blank space and its offerings were simple. There was an outside shower, a small table, a few chairs, and a fence with glimmers of a pond in the background. It was an ideal place for vacationer's but those staying a while,…

Delightful

Chronic Pain, Education, Family, Featured, Life, Marriage, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Moments, Nature, StoriesMarch 19, 201967Views 0Likes 4Comments

Delightful is my word of the week. It is an adjective, and it means giving great pleasure or finding something or someone highly pleasing. I find delight in the constant customs of my life, like the first sight of my children's face, the taste of condensed milk in my coffee, and the scent of Chris'…

Yellow Roses

Chronic Pain, Family, Featured, Food, Garden, Hurricane Michael, Life, Marriage, Moments, Nature, StoriesMarch 14, 201972Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last week our friends, Dan and Sharon, brought us a three-course meal in pots and bags. They walked into our home, not as though we met two years ago, but like we were old friends. Their thirty-one years of marriage was apparent in the kitchen: Sharon unpacked the bags and set out the appetizer: Boursin…

Happy Birthday Preteen

Family, Featured, Life, Moments, StoriesMarch 6, 201966Views 0Likes 2Comments

Finding the perfect birthday gift for a preteen girl can be difficult ( I know this because I have two daughters and a niece, (ages 15, 12, 11). My sister had the right idea this year, and I just have to hook you up with her brilliance. She sent a skin and hair care…